On 7/3/07, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
I see no sensible reason to merge Meta and Commons - they have completely different functions. Why would this be a useful idea?
I have to agree with David; the only thing they have in common really is that they are both multilingual, crossing project boundaries. I can easily imagine, in fact, that we will create new multilingual wiki projects in the future.
If Commons has a lot in common (*cough*) with another WMF project, it would probably be Wikisource. Both are used to collect existing works that are typically not modified much (though Commons also accepts original creations). But Wikisource has been split into many different language editions for good reason, as the needs of different communities outweigh the benefits of centralization.